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JL - 28 Aug 2003 22:25 GMT

When trying to template a class where the class
declaration is in a header file and the class
specification is in the source file, I receive linking
errors (Unresolved External Symbols... as if I have not
defined the methods). When I put everything in one file,
it all works beautifully... any suggestions on how to
remedy this problem?

THanks,

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Jonathan Caves [MSFT] - 29 Aug 2003 02:04 GMT

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>From: "JL" <jltruitt@una.edu>
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>THanks,

Hi JL: this is the way Visual C++ works: the Visual C++ compiler supports
what is
known as the "inclusion model" for templates: at its simplest this means
that the
full definition of a class template must be available in all compilands in
which
the class template is specialized.

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